Driving device for imparting a combined rotary and reciprocating motion to a driven member



March 13, 1951 w. GRAHAM Y 2,545,080

DRIVING DEVICE FOR IMPARTING A COMBINED ROTARY AND RECIPROCATING MOTION TO A DRIVEN MEMBER Filed Aug. 29. 1347 INVENTOR LEQNARD WlLLiAM GRAHAM Patented Mar. 13, 1951 DRIVING DEVICE "FOR IMPARTING A COM- BINED ROTARY AND RECIPROCATING 'MOTION TO A DRIVEN 'MEMBER Leonard -William Graham, Slough, Bucks, England Application August 29, 1947,"'Serial No. 771258 In Great Britain December 16, 1946 eolaims. (01.242- 844) This invention relates ito idriving devices, particularly to.drivingdevicesiinwhich it is desired :to impart a combined rotary andreciprocating motion to a Y driven. member.

Another, more specificobjectfof the invention is to providea driving .devicegparticularly-a gear drive, in which a rotary rm'ovement 'of 'a 'driving member will 'produ'ceacombine'd rotary and reciprocating movementpf 1a drivenimember.

Another object of the -invention is :to provide .a novel: and improved ear. drivebyrmeans of which .a desired velocity of rotation randrangeofreciproc'ity of the driventmember "can be attained in a convenient and'simple manner.

Another object of t-he invention is to provide I a novel and improved drivings'device' which'is sturdy in design and :canbeinexpensively and-accurately manufactured.

Another r object of the invention. is to provide a novel driving device 'which can be .advantageously' used-as part ofa fishing reel,fpartly.of a fishing reel of the type known'fas spinning creel.

Another object of the invention is a fishing reel in whichaaacombinedirotary"and 'reciprocating motion is imparted to theireel :proper "by :operating'the reelhandle or:crank,.and in which only a -minimum "of gear .p' arts generally .two-'are required to impart the said :motion to the reel proper. Otherobjects, features and advantages will appear hereinafter intthespecification and in the appended claims forming part of the application'.

In the accompanying drawing a now preferred embodiment of the-invention is shown by way of illustration andnot by way of. limitation.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is an elevational sectional View of a'fishing reel including a gear 'drive'according to the invention.

Fig- 2 .isia section .alongline 222 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a side view upon the reel rproper of the fishing reel.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the

invention is shown as a gear-drive forming part 1 of a =fishingreel--of-the'type 'known as spinning reel. However, it should 'b'e understood that the usefulness of the invention is '"not' limitedto such application but that the driving device according to the invention can be employed wherever a combined rotary and reciprocating motion of a driven member is required.

The spinning reel, as shown, comprises a housing I made of any suitable material such as metal. The housing is provided with a conven- 'tional' foot I l by means of which the reel can be removabl-y attached to a fishing rod (not shown). Housing It which :may be'made of one piece or several portions joined together is shaped to form an open cup-shaped compartment l2and a closed compartment l3. Compartment l2 houses'a reel M "having a deep groove I5 to rerceivethe fishing line (not shown). 1

According to some or the previously enumerated object's of'the invention, it is'intended to impartfa 'combinedirotary and axially reciprocatingmovementtoreel' 14. For this purpose, reel I4 is mounted on a shaft it by any suitable m'eanssuc'htasia threaded shaft portion H and a nut i8. Nut [8 is shaped to cover the face of the reelas can best'be seen'on Fig. 3. A spring washer 13 "may :be interposed between cover It :andreel M. Shaft i6 is rotatably and axially slidably supported in a bearing portion 20 of housing 19. The housing further supports a hollow shaft 2| rotatabl-ymounted in housing It] and extending into :compartment l3 as also does shaft lfi. Fastened to shaft 21 is a crank 22 provided with a handle 23. The cran'k can be fastened 'itoshaft 2il "by-any suitable means such as a screw 24 threaded into the hollow shaft 2|. As will Ice-evident, a rotation of crank 22 will causea corresponding "rotation of shaft 21.

For the purpose "of transmitting rotation of shaft- H "to reel I4 and of converting such rotation into *a corresponding rotary and axially reciprocating:movement of the reel, shaft 2| supaports .a drivingv member shown as a bevel gear 25 "having teeth 26 with constant pitch on its circumference. Gear 25 is fastened eccentrically to shaftTZ I :by anysuitable means such as'a flange -2 'i of 'the shaft andascrew-28. As it will be apparent, 'a rotationof shaft 2! will cause an eccentric rotation of gear 25. The degree of eccentricity is determined by the distance between theaxis of rotation-and the center 29 of the gear so that the eccentricity can be conveniently adjusted byvarying said distance. The bevel gear enacts with andis engaged "by a pinion all constituting the driven member of the gear drive and supported by or integral with shaft 1%.

While the torque transmitting engagement between driving member and driven member is here shown as the engagement of two meshing gears, it will be evident to a person skilled in the art that in certain instances the same result can be attained by employing a frictional engagement.

For the purpose of imparting the desired axially reciprocating movement to shaft I6, there is provided on the face of bevel gear 2 5, an annular guiding means 3! shown as a ring flange having its center concentrically with center 29 of the bevel gear. This ring is engaged by an extension or collar shown as a screw 32 fastened to the head of shaft l6 and having a groove 33 into which the rim of ring 3| is fitted. As a result, shaft I 6 is compelled to follow the eccentric rotation of the bevel gear and hence perform corresponding axially reciprocating movements. Compartment i3 is closed by a cover 34 fastened thereto by any suitable means such as screw 35. A guide arm as is screwed into housing 10 and may be fixed in its position by means of a nut 31. This guide arm serves to guide the fishing line when wound upon reel M or payed out therefrom.

The operation of the gear drive according to the invention is as follows:

When shaft 2! is rotated by means of crank 22, the ensuing eccentric rotation of bevel gear 25 will cause a corresponding rotation of reel M by the agency of pinion 30 and shaft I 6. Simultaneously, shaft I6 and with it the reel will perform an axially reciprocating movement by reason of the eccentric rotation of the ring about the center of rotation 29.

As a result, reel M will rotate and also be moved inwardly and outwardly, the extreme outer position of the reel being shown in full lines and the extreme inner position being shown in dotted lines, thereby causing a uniform distribution of the fishing line on the reel and facilitating the paying out of line, for instance for casting purposes.

What is claimed as new and desired to be se cured by Letters Patent is:

1. A gear drive for imparting a combined rotary and reciprocating motion to a driven member comprising in combination a housing, a driven shaft mounted rotatably and axially slidably in said housing, one end of said shaft protruding from the housing and the other extending into the same, a beveled pinion and an annular grooved collar concentrically secured to said latter shaft end for rotation in unison with the shaft, a driving shaft mounted rotatably in said housing at an angle of 90 to said driven shaft, one end of said driving shaft extending into the housing, a bevel gear disc eccentrically secured to the said driving shaft end and positioned in mesh with said pinion for rotating the driven shaft in response to a rotation of the driving shaft, the circumference of the gear disc being larger than the circumference of the pinion so as to provide a stepped-up ratio of transmission between the gear disc and the pinion, said bevel gear disc having an annular rib raised from the disc and disposed within the circumference defined by the teeth of the gear disc concentrically with the eccentric gear axis, said rib being in engagement with the said collar groove for maintaining engagement between the teeth of the gear disc and the pinion and for imparting a reciprocal axial displacement to the driven shaft corresponding to the eccentricity of rotation of the bevel gear disc.

2. In a gear drive for imparting a combined rotary and reciprocating motion to a driven member, the combination of a driving member comprising a bevel gear and a driving shaft rotatably mounted and eccentrically supporting the bevel gear, a driven member comprising a driven shaft rotatable and axially slidably supported and a beveled pinion centrically supported on the driven shaft and engaged by said bevel gear for rotating the driven shaft in response to a rotation of the driving shaft, the circumference of said gear being larger than the circumference of said pinion so as to provide a stepped-up ratio of transmission between the gear and the pinion, a ring shaped member mounted concentrically with the center axis of the bevel gear, and an annular grooved collar concentrically supported on the driven shaft and engaging said ring member for maintaining engagement between the teeth of the gear and the pinion and for imparting a reciprocating axial displacement to the driven shaft corresponding to the eccentricity of rotation of the bevel gear.

3. In a fishing reel having a spool adapted to receive a fishing line thereon, in combination a housing, a driven shaft mounted rotatably and axially slidably in said housing, one end of the shaft protruding from the housing and the other extending into the same, said protruding shaft end supporting the spool for rotation in unison therewith, a beveled pinion and an annular grooved collar concentrically secured to said latter shaft end for rotation in unison with the shaft, a driving shaft mounted rotatably in said housing at an angle of to said driven shaft, one-end of said driving shaft extending into the housing, a bevel gear disc eccentrically secured to the said driving shaft end and positioned in mesh with said pinion for rotating the driven shaft in response to a rotation of the driving shaft, the circumference of the gear disc being larger than the circumference of the pinion so as to provide a stepped-up ratio of transmission between the gear disc and the pinion, said bevel gear disc having an annular rib raised from the disc and disposed within the circumference defined by the teeth of the gear disc concentrically with the eccentric gear axis, said rib being in engagement with the said collar groove for maintaining engagement between the teeth of the gear disc and the pinion and for imparting a reciprocal axial displacement to the driven shaft and, hence, to the spool corresponding to the eccentricity of rotation of the bevel gear disc.

LEONARD WILLIAM GRAHAM.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 849,530 Clay Apr. 9, 1907 901,070 Clay Oct. 13, 1908 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 202,187 Switzerland Jan. 15, 1939 420,222 Great Britain Nov. 20, 1934 839,627 France Jan. 4, 1939 

